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BigLaw: Readers Weigh in on Large Firm Gender Issues

By Liz Kurtz

Originally published on June 7, 2010 in our free BigLaw newsletter. My previous column, Large Firms Are From Mars, Female Lawyers Are From Venus, discussed several recently-released studies that highlighted the perceived gender inequities of life in the large firm world — with respect to origination credit, compensation, rainmaking, and general workplace parity. BigLaw readers shared some interesting thoughts on the topic, which I've collected here. The results of these studies came as no surprise to many female large firm lawyers, some of whom acknowledged the difficulty of balancing work and motherhood, and, on a more basic level, the unique challenge that law firm life presents for women. However, some readers scoffed at the notion of law firm discontent as a gender-specific phenomenon...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).

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